Yash Chopra

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In Dharmputra, his second film as director, neophyte Yash Chopra contributed his smidgen of secular belief to the heft of Nehruvian nationalism by sending an illegitimate Muslim boy into the protective care of Hindu parents. In Waqt, he started the practice of using multiple stars, something Bollywood majordomos now in hot pursuit of stacks of money take for granted. As the nation tumbled down the tube in the seventies, Chopra birthed the anti-hero in Amitabh Bachchan , who exalted fate-induced dodginess by conquering characters even dodgier than him. Winning as an end was all that mattered, the means be damned.

MUMBAI: In the early seventies, before Yash Raj Chopra had discovered either Amitabh Bachchan or the remarkable ability to enthral Indians with memorable love stories, he figured that Bollywood is better run as a corporate business. Birthed along with Yash Raj Films, the company he founded in 1970, was a vision to promote a new business culture in Bollywood. Four decades later, as the world mourns Chopra's demise, his wizardry in the art of spinning enchanting love stories has eclipsed his foresight and skill in crafting India's earliest full-fledged Hollywood-styled studio business model.

MUMBAI: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan , who had his career's biggest hits with Yash Chopra , says he will always carry a part of the filmmaker in his heart. Chopra, 80, passed away last evening following multiple organ failure. "Whenever my loved ones depart I feel a part of me extinguishes itself with them. Will there come a day that I will no longer have a bit of myself to let go of? And then the thought follows... that every time they have taken some of me with them onto their last journey, I have found a fragment of them left inside me too. "I will always have some love to give and I will always be both emptied and replenished by the loved ones I lose.

Chennai: Popular Tamil actor Kamal Haasan today said he wished he had told legendary film maker Yash Chopra while he was alive that all in the industry admired his body of work and drew inspiration from it. "You won't be hearing this now. I wish I had told you this while you were alive. We admired you a lot, we got our confidence out of your work," the ace actor said in a condolence message to the renowned director himself. "I never clearly told you this, It's not because I was conceited or narcissistic; sometimes we were so odd by the superior personality that you were," Haasan said.

Fifty-three years after he made his film debut with Dhool Ka Phool, 37 years after he directed Deewar - probably the most famous movie in any Indian language after Sholay - and barely a month after his 80th birthday was celebrated with the who's who of Bollywood in attendance, Yash Chopra passed away in the city of Mumbai, his lady love for the last six decades. The man who came from pre-partition Lahore with Rs 200 in his pocket and went on to make iconic movies like Kabhi Kabhi, Silsila, Lamhe, Kaala Patthar and Trishul succumbed to dengue fever on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today led the nation in condoling the death of veteran film-maker Yash Chopra , describing him as an "icon of Indian cinema" who entertained generations. Chopra, 80, passed away at a Mumbai hospital this evening. In his message, the Prime Minister credited the film-maker for establishing the popularity of Indian cinema internationally. Singh described Chopra as an "icon of Indian cinema" who entertained many generations with his rare creativity.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today condoled the death of filmmaker Yash Chopra saying that she knew him personally. "I feel very sad to know about the sudden death of Yash Chopra, internationally famous film personality. I used to know him personally," Banerjee said in a message. "At this moment those thoughts of our meeting and interaction come to my memory. It is no doubt a great loss to the film world," she said. Three years ago, they were introduced at International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tonight condoled the death of veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra and said in his demise the state had lost its best envoy of its scenic beauty. In his condolence message, Omar recalled his recent meeting with Chopra in Leh during a film shooting. "Its unfortunate news as Chopra ji always wanted to make Kashmir as a second home for Bollywood," the Chief Minister said in a statement. "He was the best envoy of our state's natural beauty in the rest of the country and he always advocated Kashmir as a destination for shooting to many film makers," Omar said.

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Yash Chopra's body was tonight taken to Yash Raj Studios in suburban Andheri after it was brought to his residence in Juhu here. Chopra's body was first brought to his bungalow at around 9:15 PM and after keeping it there for some time was taken to Yash Raj Studios. Chopra's son Aditya, filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Shahrukh Khan accompanied the ambulance in which the body was brought from Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra where he died this evening at 5:30 PM of dengue and multiple organ failure.

MUMBAI: A legendary filmmaker, Yash Chopra changed the face of romance in Hindi cinema to become a brand in Bollywood with numerous hits under his belt in his five-decade long illustrious career. Chopra(80), who was one of the pillars in Bollywood, directed some of Indian cinema's most successful and iconic films, including the action thriller " Deewar " which established megastar Amitabh Bachchan as the "angry young man". The hit duo of Chopra and Bachchan worked together again in romantic drama "Kabhi Kabhie" and drama "Trishul".